Lost Horizon

Xu Zhe’s ‘Lost Horizon’ series is inspired by authors George Orwell, Italo Calvino and filmmaker Béla Tarr. This prominent landmark series surveys these influences and the reincarnated emergence of these influences into a solemn, sombre and grief stricken series.

However each of his influences does not follow any specific plot of these authors’ novels, rather they have a transformed and a personalised feeling to them, with the influences dissolved throughout the entire series.

For a superior appreciation of Xu Zhe’s work these influences ought to be understood. His use of photography holds a documentary feel, as in recording geographical locations, however Xu Zhe remains to hold a subtle but poignant mysterious essence in his work that idles the viewer.